DREW COPELAND AND KEN BLOCK OF SISTER HAZEL, CHRIS YOUNG, DOUG JONES OF CRAVIN' MELON AND JIM PERKINS: Sunday, April 6, Columbia County Amphitheater, 7022 Evans Towne Center Blvd., behind the Columbia County Library; gates open 4 p.m., music at 5 p.m.; $20, available at Wild Wing Cafe, Columbia County Community Events Building B, Merle Norman Studios in the Augusta area and online at www.etix.com, and www.forthefansentertainment.com

lady antebellum, Luke Bryant, 17 South: Sunday, April 27, Columbia County Amphitheater, 7022 Evans Towne Center Blvd., behind the Columbia County Library; gates open 4 p.m., music at 5 p.m.; $20, available at Wild Wing Cafe, Columbia County Community Events Building B, Merle Norman Studios in the Augusta area and online at www.etix.com, and www.forthefansentertainment.com

DOOBIE BROTHERS, BRANDFORD MARSALIS, MODERN SKIRTS, SWANEE QUINTET AND GREG HESTER, PAYBACK (CELEBRATE JAMES BROWN): Saturday, May 3, Augusta Common, 700 block between Broad and Reynolds streets; $35 in advance and $45 the day of the show, available at the Augusta Museum of History, Wife Saver restaurants and www.ticketalternative.com and www.paybackjamesbrown.com; Tickets will also include admission to the Augusta Museum of History exhibit on Mr. Brown.